Tottenham assistant head coach Cristian Stellini admits that he felt partly responsible for Antonio Conte feeling pain after returning to work too early after his operation.
The Spurs boss needed emergency surgery to have his gallbladder removed this month but with his doctors advising him to rest for 15 days, Conte was back at Tottenham and on the training pitches of Hotspur Way only eight days after the operation and returned to the dugout for the defeats at Leicester City and AC Milan.
Conte did not look his usual self at either game and admitted in Milan that he had been wearing a post-op stomach support device and when the team flew home after the 1-0 Champions League debut, the 53-year-old remained in Italy for a check-up with his doctor. It was decided there that he needed more time to recover, with Spurs not putting a timeframe on his return despite Conte's desire to come back.
